Environments that support sensory preferences can boost mental health

Healthcare DIVE December 16, 2024

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All individuals have preferences for certain sensory stimuli and process their sensory environments in individualized ways. Traditionally, understanding sensory processing differences has been a diagnostic and treatment focus for conditions like autism, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and major depressive disorder. However, understanding one’s sensory processing can be relevant for a broad range of individuals receiving services in a mental health setting.

“As clinicians working in mental health, we need to ensure that the people we’re working with are comfortable in a treatment setting,” says sensory processing and mental health expert Dr Elana Moore, an occupational therapy clinician and lecturer. “If they’re struggling with their sensory processing needs, it can make it really difficult to engage in therapy.”...

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